Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

Description: This volume of papers covers recent developments in the eastern Tibetan area of Amdo (a mdo), including social and religious culture, art, economics, and education. The collection is the fifth volume of the proceedings of the ninth seminar of the International Association for Tibetan Studies held in Leiden in 2000. (Ben Deitle 2006-05-15)

Table of Contents: List of Illustrations -- Dedication: In Honour of Samten Gyaltsen Karmay / Per Kværne -- Introduction: A mdo and Its Modern Transition / Toni Huber -- 'Inventing Modernity' in A mdo: Views on the Role of Traditional Tibetan Culture in a Developing Society / Lauran R. Hartley -- Toward a Tibetan Common Language: A mdo Perspectives on Attempts at Language Standardisation / Marielle Prins -- Sexuality and Identity in Post-Mao A mdo / Charlene Makley -- The Tulku's Miserable Lot: Critical Voices from Eastern Tibet / Matthew T. Kapstein -- Ritual Revival and Innovation at Bird Cemetery Mountain / Toni Huber -- The Earth-Ox and the Snowlion / Mona Schrempf -- Glu and La ye in A mdo: An Introduction to Contemporary Tibetan Folk Songs / Alexandru Anton-Luca -- Art and Life in A mdo Reb gong Since 1978 / Mark Stevenson -- The Economics of Cultural Production in Contemporary A mdo / Susan E. Costello -- Modernisation Efforts in Mgo log: A Chronicle, 1970-2000 / Bianca Horlemann -- Revival of a Nomadic Lifestyle: A Survival Strategy for Dzam thang's Pastoralists / Angela Manderscheid -- The Tibetan School of Khri ka'i Stong che: A Report on Italian Development Aid in A mdo / Giacomella Orofino -- Contributors -- Index.